Pravesh Kumar’s clumsy but affectionate comedy about a Punjabi family living in Slough has the makings of a decent sitcom
Theatre director Pravesh Kumar has written and directed an affectionate comedy about a dysfunctional British south Asian family. It’s a film very much in the tradition of sitcom-ish Brit movies: the comedy painted in broad strokes, warm-hearted but with an unmistakable air of naffness. It just about gets by on sheer likability and warmth for its Punjabi family living in a Slough semi.
We meet them just as eldest son Raj (Simon Rivers) does a runner after his wedding to Simmy (Rameet Rauli); she’s newly arrived from India, barely speaking a word of English. The marriage has been arranged by Raj’s overbearing mum Gurbaksh (Seema Bowri). To keep up appearances with their nosy neighbours, she confiscates Simmy’s passport and keeps her new daughter-in-law locked up in the house.
Theatre director Pravesh Kumar has written and directed an affectionate comedy about a dysfunctional British south Asian family. It’s a film very much in the tradition of sitcom-ish Brit movies: the comedy painted in broad strokes, warm-hearted but with an unmistakable air of naffness. It just about gets by on sheer likability and warmth for its Punjabi family living in a Slough semi.
We meet them just as eldest son Raj (Simon Rivers) does a runner after his wedding to Simmy (Rameet Rauli); she’s newly arrived from India, barely speaking a word of English. The marriage has been arranged by Raj’s overbearing mum Gurbaksh (Seema Bowri). To keep up appearances with their nosy neighbours, she confiscates Simmy’s passport and keeps her new daughter-in-law locked up in the house.
- 3/13/2023
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Two decades on from Phil Davis’s original, this humdrum sequel of sorts again follows a police officer undercover among the East End’s misbehaving matchgoers
In 1995, actor Phil Davis, perhaps best known for his work with Mike Leigh and a turn in Alan Clarke’s The Firm, directed ID – like The Firm an admirably beady yet brutal look at football hooliganism as seen through the eyes of an undercover cop. Twenty-one years later, here comes this sequel of sorts, which shares little with its predecessor apart from screenwriter Vincent O’Connell, a cameo from Perry Fenwick (EastEnders’ Billy Mitchell) and a similar premise, updated for 2016. Once again, a policeman infiltrates the followers of fictitious London club Shadwell to uncover ties to far-right factions and the criminal underworld. The twist is that this time the hero (Simon Rivers) is himself of Pakistani descent, although he’s posing to the gang as a Sikh,...
In 1995, actor Phil Davis, perhaps best known for his work with Mike Leigh and a turn in Alan Clarke’s The Firm, directed ID – like The Firm an admirably beady yet brutal look at football hooliganism as seen through the eyes of an undercover cop. Twenty-one years later, here comes this sequel of sorts, which shares little with its predecessor apart from screenwriter Vincent O’Connell, a cameo from Perry Fenwick (EastEnders’ Billy Mitchell) and a similar premise, updated for 2016. Once again, a policeman infiltrates the followers of fictitious London club Shadwell to uncover ties to far-right factions and the criminal underworld. The twist is that this time the hero (Simon Rivers) is himself of Pakistani descent, although he’s posing to the gang as a Sikh,...
- 8/11/2016
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: First images released as UK funding body backs sequel to 1995 football hooligan film.
Screen Yorkshire’s Yorkshire Content Fund has invested in the sequel to 1995 football hooligan drama I.D.
Vincent O´Connell, who wrote the first film centred on a policemen who goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of football hooligans, has returned to write the sequel.
Directed by Joel Novoa (God’s Slave), filming is underway in Hull.
Producers are Sally Hibbin for Parallax (I.D.) and Patrick Cassavetti (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas).
Linus Roache, Simon Rivers and Neil Pearson star alongside Lee Ross, Richard Graham and Perry Fenwick, who all appeared in the original.
The plot centres on a young British Muslim undercover cop (Rivers) who is given the task of shadowing a football gang on their European tours.
Rivers is best known for his three-year stint on BBC1’s Doctors, appearing in more than 400 episodes of the medical soap.
Hugo Heppell, head of...
Screen Yorkshire’s Yorkshire Content Fund has invested in the sequel to 1995 football hooligan drama I.D.
Vincent O´Connell, who wrote the first film centred on a policemen who goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of football hooligans, has returned to write the sequel.
Directed by Joel Novoa (God’s Slave), filming is underway in Hull.
Producers are Sally Hibbin for Parallax (I.D.) and Patrick Cassavetti (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas).
Linus Roache, Simon Rivers and Neil Pearson star alongside Lee Ross, Richard Graham and Perry Fenwick, who all appeared in the original.
The plot centres on a young British Muslim undercover cop (Rivers) who is given the task of shadowing a football gang on their European tours.
Rivers is best known for his three-year stint on BBC1’s Doctors, appearing in more than 400 episodes of the medical soap.
Hugo Heppell, head of...
- 3/18/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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Welcome to our regularly updated calendar of all the British movies due for release in UK cinemas over the coming months. So if you're keen to keep up-to-date on the latest in home grown cinema - from documentaries to dramas, and comedy horror to science fiction - this is the ideal post for you.
So here's what's coming up in the future.
22 July 2016
The Bfg
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Mark Rylance, Bill Hader
Details: An adaptation of the Roald Dahl book, this is a Us/UK/Canada co-production, but we're having it anyway.
K-Shop
Director: Dan Pringle
Cast: Ziad Abaza, Scot Williams, Darren Morfitt, Reece Noi
Details: The son of a kebab shop owner seeks revenge.
29 July 2016
The Intent
Director: Femi Oyeniran, Kalvadour Peterson
Cast: Dylan Duffus,...
Want to know what British films are coming out this month? Then look no further than our UK movie release calendar...
Welcome to our regularly updated calendar of all the British movies due for release in UK cinemas over the coming months. So if you're keen to keep up-to-date on the latest in home grown cinema - from documentaries to dramas, and comedy horror to science fiction - this is the ideal post for you.
So here's what's coming up in the future.
22 July 2016
The Bfg
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Mark Rylance, Bill Hader
Details: An adaptation of the Roald Dahl book, this is a Us/UK/Canada co-production, but we're having it anyway.
K-Shop
Director: Dan Pringle
Cast: Ziad Abaza, Scot Williams, Darren Morfitt, Reece Noi
Details: The son of a kebab shop owner seeks revenge.
29 July 2016
The Intent
Director: Femi Oyeniran, Kalvadour Peterson
Cast: Dylan Duffus,...
- 9/12/2014
- Den of Geek
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